MISS USA HOPEFUL KADA SCOTT MURDERED, SUSPECT ORDERED HELD FOR TRIAL
Crime Stories with Nancy Grace
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🗓️ 14 June 2026
⏱️ 63 minutes
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Summary
Keon King, the suspect accused of the October kidnapping and murder Kada Scott, will stand trial. He has pleaded not guilty to murder, kidnapping, and abuse of a corpse. A pre-trial hearing has been scheduled for June 24.
Kada Scott's remains were found in a wooded area behind an abandoned school in East Germantown. She was last seen shortly after arriving for a shift at an assisted living facility in Chestnut Hill. Police began searching the area, near the vacant Ada H. Lewis Middle School for Scott after receiving a "very specific" anonymous tip.
Police previously searched the area of the school and arboretum in the Germantown neighborhood of Philadelphia but reported only finding some physical evidence, without commenting on what evidence was uncovered. Community members voice anger and frustration at police while gathering behind the crime scene tape during the search on Saturday, saying they could have found the body sooner.
Keon King had a criminal record prior to his alleged involvement in Scott’s kidnapping. Investigators say King kidnapped and assaulted another victim earlier in the year.
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| 0:00.0 | This is an I-Heart podcast. |
| 0:03.4 | Guaranteed human. |
| 0:05.6 | Crime Stories with Nancy Grace. |
| 0:11.7 | A Miss USA hopeful, Kada Scott murdered. |
| 0:18.4 | Tonight, a suspect ordered, held for trial. I'm Nancy Grace. This is crime |
| 0:24.5 | stories. I want to thank you for being with us. That's right, the prime suspect in the murder of |
| 0:32.5 | a Miss USA hopeful is now ordered held for trial after a highly emotional hearing in a Philadelphia courtroom. |
| 0:44.7 | The suspect, Keon King, charged in the murder of 23-year-old Philly woman, absolutely gorgeous, ordered hell for trial. Before we get to the |
| 0:59.3 | hearing, what happened to beautiful, beautiful on the inside and the outside? Kada Scott? |
| 1:07.9 | Close Circuit TV reveals the beauty queen, Kada suspect, stalking his first victim. |
| 1:17.7 | That is his first victim that we know of. |
| 1:21.4 | As you know, the Penn State grad slash beauty queen has gone missing from her workplace where she worked at a Ritsey |
| 1:31.4 | living assisted home. You're going to hear a lot tonight. The car has been found in the last |
| 1:41.6 | hours that gold Toyota Camry driven by suspect Keon King has been found |
| 1:48.0 | and the search leaves us to an abandoned middle school, the Ada Lewis Middle School, |
| 1:54.4 | joining us live tonight and investigative reporter on the story from the beginning, CBS's |
| 1:59.8 | Joe Holden. I'm Nancy Grace. This is |
| 2:03.7 | crime stories. And I want to thank you for being with us. Where is Kada? You know, she had the |
| 2:09.3 | overnight shift. She just clocked in and then suddenly leaves. She had never done anything like |
| 2:14.5 | that before. Where is Ceda? |
| 2:19.6 | Guys, so much happening in the search for Cada Scott, the Miss USA Hopeful, who represented |
| 2:26.2 | her area. |
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